EPISODE 57
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VIVIANE :
I can take you as far as the border between Cornwall and Logres in about two days.
From there, all you have to do is head for Camelot.
KAY :
Perfect. I’ll go and prepare what we need to leave as soon as possible.
VIVIANE :
For those who are to leave on a quest, however…
I must tell you about the Grail.
GAWAIN :
What a surprise, Dinadan dear.
I didn’t take you for the type to go after the Grail.
DINADAN :
What can you do, I’m curious. [wink]
This whole thing’s a complete mystery. Plus, I have to get all the details for Tristan too.
We finally managed to make him stay in bed, gotta take advantage of it.
TRISTAN :
Okay, I’ll rest up, but I’m fine, it’s true, you know it.
PALAMEDES :
He should be the one taking advantage of it,
and consider himself lucky to be able to leave his bed at all, unlike Lamorak.
DINADAN :
...Pal, listen⎯
VIVIANE :
As we were saying…
…the Grail.
This is its most common form, as far as we’re aware.
GAWAIN :
So it can shapeshift?
VIVIANE :
Possibly.
GAWAIN :
Possibly?
VIVIANE :
I unfortunately do not have all the answers you seek, but
I’ve known the line of Corbenic for a long time.
I had the opportunity to assist Pellam, as well as his predecessor.
The Grail is very ancient.
It doesn’t come from this world, not exactly.
It belongs to Avalon.
PERCIVAL :
Avalon?
PALAMEDES :
That’s what fairies call the Otherworld.
VIVIANE :
I know not how it came to be here,
nor how humans first made it their own.
Despite it all, its influence is so great that the effects of its magic are felt all over Britain.
GAWAIN :
How so?
VIVIANE :
The lands, the people…
All that once received the Grail’s blessing have been affected by its magic.
It is likely you all have been too.
The Grail is intrinsic to Britain.
[ everyone is perplexed ]
However, any kind of magic has a price for you humans.
The line of Corbenic has catalyzed all of it into one guardian at a time, generation after generation.
But the bond between the Grail and Pellam, having already grown weaker with each passing year,
was broken.
PERCIVAL :
...
DINADAN :
So the Grail is wandering…
…and drawing energy from just about anyone?
VIVIANE :
Not exactly.
I have no concrete proof, but I think
the Grail is wandering in search of a new guardian.
DINADAN :
So it’s looking for one among the dead?
That doesn’t make any sense, does it?
VIVIANE :
Indeed. That is why I think…
…that the departed souls the Grail revives are meant to protect it while it continues its “search”.
They were all touched by the Grail’s blessing when they were alive, one way or another.
PALAMEDES :
If the whole island is under the Grail’s influence, should it not have more protectors?
There’s more than enough dead folks to go around. It has plenty to choose from.
VIVIANE :
This, I do not know.
I cannot claim to know everything about the Grail’s workings.
Any deduction would be interesting, but it certainly isn’t our priority.
We must find it,
and I have something of an idea as to the how.
You see, the Grail isn’t the only Avalonian item to have found its way into your little human hands.
There are a few artifacts that are, shall we say, bound to the Grail through their origins and their very nature.
Studying their magic and using it could lead us to the Grail.
PERCIVAL :
Lead us to the Grail…?
MORDRED :
If we follow the light, we’ll find the shield.
PERCIVAL :
…by crafting a hound!
VIVIANE :
Precisely.
MORGAN :
Catch up to them!
Keep them from hurting the queen!
BRUNOR :
What⎯
MORGAN :
STAND ASIDE!
Very well, let’s go!
AGLOVALE :
Morgan, what about the mage⎯
MORGAN :
I have to reach the workshop in order to deal with her!
And her magic is too weak for her to work anything between these walls!
You two, stick to taking down those suits of armors and getting to Guinevere!
AGLOVALE :
The suits…they’re…they’re…
…empty…
BRUNOR :
Aglovale?
MORGAN :
NO!
AGLOVALE :
Dame... Morgan…?
MORGAN :
…Add this to the list of all the things the Round Table owes me, king of Listenoise.
BRUNOR :
Can you walk?
AGLOVALE :
One… one moment…
MORGAN :
Hurry.
Others can still show up, we have to move on.
AGLOVALE :
Wh-wh-wh-what?
C-come on, put me down!
MORGAN :
Guinevere, Mordred!
MORDRED :
Mother!
GUINEVERE :
Morgan!
MORGAN :
Guinevere, you’re safe.
GUINEVERE :
Yes, thanks to Mordred.
But what happened⎯
What is this?
MORGAN :
A simple spell to keeps us here.
I’ll take care of it.
…Damn it.
It’s not the same magic as before.
She tricked me.
We’ll be locked in here until⎯
…No…
There’s another spell.
GUINEVERE :
Another spell?
MORGAN :
She cast another spell, hidden behind the one that locked us here. I must decipher it quickly,
for I fear she had a good reason to trap us here.
ROUND TABLE TRIVIA
The workshop Morgan is talking about was originally Merlin’s.
Merlin :
Of course, I share it with Morgan now. ( And Viviane, sometimes. )
I have a cabin not too far from Camelot, a workshop in the castle, and a cave in…
Hm, right now it should be in Cornwall.
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